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▪ I. unˈmanned, ppl. a.1
[un-1 8.]
1. Not furnished with men or with a crew (cf. man v. 1).
1544Betham Precepts War ii. li. L iij, That he leaue not his campe vndefenced and vnmanned. 1592Kyd Sp. Trag. iv. iv. 211 Set me with him—Vpon the maine mast of a..ship vnmand. 1670Milton Hist. Eng. i. 5 Not put to death, but turn'd out to Sea in a Ship unmann'd. 1726Pope Iliad xxii. 469 See, if already their deserted towers Are left unmann'd. 1830Marryat King's Own xlvi, One of the unmanned oars. 1844Kinglake Eothen vi, Four of the craft..had been left unmanned. 1895M. Stokes Three Months in France 230 The phantom ship, sail-less, rudderless, and unmanned. 1906Nature 8 Nov. 35/2 The machines he made and launched were all ‘unmanned’. 1907Ibid. 4 Apr. 538/2 During the course of the last few years very rapid strides have been made in investigating the upper air by means of manned and unmanned balloons. 1946Congressional Digest May 154/2 ‘Drone’ aircraft—they are unmanned, radio controlled. 1954Economist 11 Sept. 3/2 The manned fighter is surrendering some of its duties to wingless, almost tailless, unmanned missiles. 1962F. I. Ordway et al. Basic Astronautics xiii. 552 Unmanned satellites and guided missiles. 1969Listener 20 Feb. 232/2 The pictures you brought back from the Moon were not as good as those taken on an unmanned flight. 1972Guardian 22 Feb. 2/4 The unmanned Soviet moon probe Luna 20 made a soft landing on the moon's surface last night. 1977R.A.F. News 11–24 May 3/4 The RAF was watching the developments concerning Cruise missiles and other unmanned systems... If unmanned vehicles could be developed to take on some of the roles of air power this would be welcomed.
fig.1602Marston Antonio's Rev. i. v, Native heate So prodigally flow'd t' exterior parts, That inner citadell was left unmand. 1675Dryden Aurengz. iv. i, To guard that Breach [I] did all my Forces guide And left unmann'd the quiet Senses side.
2. a. Devoid of a man; empty.
1602Warner Alb. Eng. xii. lxix. 291 At first she feares, but lastly findes the Armor was vn-man'd.
b. Unsupported by men; unassisted.
c1620[Fletcher & Mass.] Trag. Barnavelt iv. i. in Bullen O. Pl. (1883) II. 271 Make haste, he is yet unmand: we may come time enough To enter with him. 1642Fuller Holy & Prof. St. Pref. §5 Nor let it render the modestie of this book suspected, because it presumes to appear in company unmann'd by any Patron.
c. Unoccupied by men; unpeopled.
1680C. Nesse Church Hist. 230 They left it [sc. the land] unmann'd thrice in the year. 1764Goldsm. Trav. 142 Nought remain'd..But towns unmann'd, and lords without a slave.
3. Not trained or broken in; spec. of a hawk.
1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. iii. ii. 14 Come ciuill night,..Hood my vnman'd blood bayting in my Cheekes, With thy Blacke mantle. 1611Cotgr. s.v. Acheter, Buy a house made, and a wife vnmand. 1623J. Taylor (Water P.) Discov. by Sea Wks. (1630) 28/2 Like a wild Kestrell or vnmand Hawke. a1637B. Jonson Sad Sheph. iii. iii, No colt is so unbroken, Or hawk yet half so haggard or unmann'd.
▪ II. unˈmanned, ppl. a.2
[f. unman v.]
Deprived of courage; made weak or timid.
1694F. Bragge Disc. Parables ix. 317 Imaginary dangers terrifie their unmanned souls. |